November 15 | Vilnius, Lithuania
Ars Baltica Creative Dialogue Workshop
 

On the 15 November the ABCD project workshop was held in Vilnius, capital city of Lithuania, gathering cultural practitioners from all over Lithuania. This was the 2nd event in collaboration with the UBC Cultural Cities Commission during the 2018-2019 period. The first cycle of events in 2018 focused on audience development and the 2019 programme was based on community building and sustainability issues.

The meeting was divided into two parts focusing on the themes: "Community building in challenging times" and "Culture as a driving force for Sustainability", both led by Oleg Koefoed (founder in 2016 of Growing Pathways, agency for human-nature relations) and Marcus Hagemann (director of Ars Baltica network). The project traveled twice two all BSR countries offering space for networking and workshop events gathering open-minded cultural actors from all sides of the table to share, network and augment the value of cultural work. 

November 18-19 | Rendsburg, SH Germany
ABCD Partner Meeting

On the 18-19 November the partner meeting of the ABCD project was held in Rendsburg Nordkolleg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The UBC CCC was represented by Rūta Stepanovaitė, Chair of the Commission. The meeting was highlighted by the discussion about the future of the ABCD format. The strategy for developing the project during 2020/2021 was created. The UBC Cultural Cities Commission is a project partner since 2018. 

December 9-10 | Kaunas, Lithuania
Baltic Sea Cultural City Workshop

On the 9-10 December the Baltic Sea Cultural Cities partners gathered in Kaunas Artists' House for a two day design thinking workshop (led by experts Henryk Stawicki and Justyna Turek from Change Pilots platform) to come up with the best tailored project plan to promote Baltic artists, citizen participation and ownership of culture and connect cities together with their people across the Baltic Sea Region. The UBC Cultural Cities Commission is a project partner and a stakeholder. More information about the project

Let the New Year bring inspiring challenges and creative solutions! 
Thank you for being a part of rich cultural landscape of the BSR.